Final Major Project Proposal

Since cheap cost holidays to other countries have been introduced to England the British seaside has suffered and in many places these towns have become derelict and ‘left behind’, so for my final major project I want to produce some artwork that will help to revamp a run down seaside town. The seaside town I have chosen for this is Margate in Kent, my reasons for this is that it is a place which I use to visit when I was younger and it is a shame how the town has deteriorated since the closure of dreamland. Dreamland was one of the oldest theme parks in the country and once it closed the rest of the town began to suffer and most shops closed. I would like to either produce a series of posters that will show Margate in its glory days and then how Margate will look after it has been revamped, these posters will be similar in style to the ones that were produced for south-eastern and southern rail in terms of layout and content. If I don’t produce these posters I would like to produce some art work that could be put on the shutters of closed and run down shops, which would make them visually more appealing especially until the town has enough money to reopen them. Or I could produce work that could be used for both posters and to go on these shop shutters.

In order to produce these works I will travel to Margate and take photographs to help me get a first hand look at how bad the town has deteriorated and to collect a visual catalogue to use as references for some of my work. I will also research into the history of Margate and look at images and videos of what the town was once like in order to give me a feel for what my work should include. I will also research into the plans for what the local council and government what to make Margate like in the future. As well as looking at photos of Margate I am going to look at artists that have already produced work based on Margate and other British seaside resorts and towns. Through my research I will also find out when Dreamland is due to reopen and if this information is not available online then I will get in contact with Thanet council and ask if they could let me know and if it will be possible to send me any information they can about their campaign.